Finnish researchers have investigated the efficiency of AI-supported sorting systems in building material recycling compared to conventional methods.
Engineering plastics pose special challenges for recycling.
The wear liner on a belt conveyor transfer point is essentially considered a sacrificial layer.
The European research and innovation project PACE has launched a flagship initiative to demonstrate the industrial-scale production of bio-based chemicals from potato juice.
Residual waste sorting is becoming an increasingly important element of modern resource management.
The RE-CELL research project is developing structural batteries from recycled carbon fibre for use in the aviation industry.
Industrial symbioses are considered the silver bullet of the circular economy. As soon as CO₂ balances come into play, ecological success quickly becomes a methodological problem.
The transition towards a circular economy is accelerating the development of recycling technologies capable of recovering materials that remain outside conventional mechanical recycling schemes.
The Endfouling project is investigating how organic waste generated in ports can be converted into bio-based additives that help prevent marine biofouling on ships and other submerged structures.
DEScycle has commissioned its first demonstration plant at the Wilton Centre in Teesside, marking the first industrial deployment of the company's distributed metals processing platform.
The use of fiber composites is growing rapidly worldwide. However, with increasing production, energy consumption, material losses and waste volumes are also increasing significantly. The study "Mapping the global flow of fiber-reinforced polymer composites and supply chain energy requirements" by American scientists shows in detail how much energy is actually required for the production of composites, where large quantities of production waste are generated along the supply chain, and why recycling has so far only played a minor role. The study was published in "Resources, Conservation & Recycling".
